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Okay, so maybe including that song from the Parent Trap was a bit much. I think I watched my older sister’s VHS of this movie too many times in the 80’s. Let’s not tell Mr. PoP that I put that video in here. Can it be our little secret?

Anyhow… Hopefully we can keep cranking out some posts that you guys want to read – and if anyone is interested in having Planting Our Pennies write a guest post for your blog, send us an email! (I promise not to include any lame duets from 1960’s movies.) We’d love to write guest posts for other bloggers and have guest posts here on Planting Our Pennies!

Love For Others

There were quite a few great posts by some top-notch bloggers that we ran across this week, but one of the themes that stuck out to us was the discussion of buying vs. renting when it comes to where you live.

Our post from Friday, Our Diversified Real Estate Portfolio, made it pretty clear which end of this continuum we fall on, but there were some other views out there that are worth taking a look at as well.

Over at I am 1 Percent, you’ve got the complete opposite opinion with Buying Beats Renting in Most of US. Though he starts out his analysis with stats from Zillow (if you read our post Why Zillow Sucks you’ll understand why we think that’s a shaky starting point for any analysis), he still makes some good points about long term affordability when it comes to comparing renting to a home purchase.

Haha – glad to know there are more Parent Trap fans out there than just me and my sister! If you’re also a Troop Beverly Hills girl, I volunteer to host a movie marathon – just tell me when to have the popcorn ready. =)